Posted on 04/20/2007 7:41:02 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
New York City politicians gearing up for the next mayoral and City Council races are seizing on the issue of "John Doe" passengers being sued for reporting activities that may be terrorist-related.
"I want to stir the pot," said John Catsimatidis, a Republican mayoral candidate who took out a full-page in the New York Post today criticizing the lawsuit and calling on Washington lawmakers to pass a bill giving future John Does legal protection.
"I want to set the agenda and set what the priorities are, and one of the biggest priorities is keeping New York safe," said the billionaire chairman of the Red Apple Group, a private company with diversified holdings in oil refineries, supermarkets and real estate. "We'll fire the torpedos and see where the pebbles go, but what I want to do is make New York politicians more accountable.
"Imams suing American Citizens," reads the headline over the full-page advertisement. "A lawsuit that threatens our security."
The ad recounts the Nov. 20 incident when the six imams were removed from U.S. Airways Flight 300 from Minneapolis to Phoenix after the flight crew and passengers reported suspicious activity. The imams sat in some seats not assigned to them, formed a pattern similar to the September 11, 2001, hijackings, asked for seat-belt extensions, and criticized the war in Iraq and President Bush.
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All litigation should be automatic "loser pays" too.
Good. Maybe, just maybe, people are beginning to wake up to what’s happening in our world and country.
Sure, they should.
Class action suits are an insult to the consumer. All we get is a few bucks pittance and the lawyers laugh all the way to the bank.
I’m flying out to California tomorrow with my daughter and granddaughter and I’ve decided that if some crazy Imans end up on my flight and they acting weird, I’ll just go over and start witnessing about Jesus and telling them that Mohammed was a pervert and that Islam is a cult.
Good for you!
Have a safe flight and keep an eye out for skinny guys with seatbelt extensions.....
Also carry an Allen key of the size that can unscrew the locking spike from the food cart storage.."...
You can "keep an EYE OUT" for the flying inmans ...if you know what I mean...hint hint...nudge nudge.....leaving them "pining for the Fjords"
Fabulous. Bring along a camera and/or recording device!
IMO the republicans should make a federal case using this as an example of democrats coddling and appeasing crime. Rudy type Republican governments are needed to keep people safe.
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